Loved itI am so intrigued. Now, whether this book stays great or not, is based purely on how much I love the rest of the series, because I think it's a really compelling start.
Wild seed (1980)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex--or design. He fears no one--until he meets Anyanwu. Anyanwu has also died many times. She can absorb bullets and make medicine with a kiss, give birth to tribes, nurture and heal, and savage anyone who threatens those she loves. She fears no one--until she meets Doro. From African jungles to the colonies of America, Doro and Anyanwu weave together a pattern of destiny that not even immortals can imagine.
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- 9780446676977
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- 279 pages
Genres: fantasy, science fiction, romance
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Loved it
Loved itthis one was special to me because of the story of anyanwu who is a very powerful immortal being who gets entangled with another entangled that's a word of 2020 gets entangled with another immortal being and has to deal with the violence of him right the violence of him despite the fact that there's no one else like the two of them that they know of in the world